Citizen experts in environmental risk

Policy Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-58

  Tesh, Sylvia N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033402104     PISSN: 00322687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004398228075     Document Type: Article

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